South African Institute of International Affairs
Building Freedom to Build Democracy
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 1st April 2016 Human Rights Day celebrates a precious proposition: each individual is a full member of society, with entitlements to opinion and behaviour that... →
The Abuja-Pretoria axis should reboot and pivot toward solving Africa’s multitude of challenges
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 31st March 2016 President Jacob Zuma, accompanied by seven members of his executive and a dozen business leaders, undertook a high profile and widely commented... →
Unhappy South Africans
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 23rd March 2016 The World Happiness Index 2016 was released in Rome this week, ahead of World Happiness Day, which took place on 20 March - a day before South... →
AGOA and the future of US – Africa trade relations
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 22nd March 2016 The US Congress passed the African Growth and Opportunity (AGOA) Act into law in 2000 in order to promote US and African trade relations and... →
Turning its Fortunes Around – Lucky 13 for the APRM?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 9th March 2016 On 9 March, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) turns 13. ‘APRM Day’ commemorates the formal launch of Africa’s innovative governance... →
Moving South Africa Away from Junk Status?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 26th February 2016 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has just presented his first Budget Speech since being reappointed following the unceremonious firing of Minister... →
Keeping the wolf from the door – Did President Zuma succeed?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 17th February 2016 The single most significant thing that President Zuma acknowledged in his ‘State of the Nation Address’ last week was the risk of a credit rating... →
Future of the African Peer Review Mechanism hangs in the balance
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 2nd February 2016 On 29 January 2016, a group of Africa’s Heads of State and Government met in Addis Ababa to determine the fate of one of the AU’s most daring... →
Higher Education Failing to Give Africa’s Youth a Pass
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 29th January 2016 Events globally, across Africa, and in South Africa – urban riots in France in 2005 and Britain in 2011, the ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings, student... →
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Investment: A Panacea for the Promotion of Investment Act?
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 22nd January 2016 On 19 January President Jacob Zuma announced the establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Investment. This took some in the... →